Lori Rhoden
Professor of Music Performance
Lori Rhoden is Professor of Music Performance and Coordinator of Piano Pedagogy and Group Piano at Ball State University where she teaches piano performance, piano pedagogy, and group piano. A nationally certified music teacher, Rhoden maintains an active schedule as a soloist, collaborative artist, clinician, and adjudicator. Dr. Rhoden has performed in China, Korea, Canada, and throughout the United States. In 2011 she completed the Southwest China Piano Pedagogy Project as a Fulbright Specialist grant recipient, performing and teaching in Kunming and Chongqing. She has been a piano faculty member at the summer Masterworks Festival since 2002, and has been the piano program director for Masterworks since 2006. Dr. Rhoden has also been a guest instructor twice for the Yamaha Passport to Music program.
Dr. Rhoden has presented conference sessions and/or research posters for the World Piano Pedagogy Conference, Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) national conferences, the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, and various state and local music teacher associations . She has been a member of the Research Committee for the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy and has written articles for American Music Teacher, Clavier and Keyboard Companion.
Dr. Rhoden holds the DMA in Piano Pedagogy and Performance from the University of South Carolina, Master of Church Music and Performer’s Certificate from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Bachelor of Music Education and Certificate in Piano Performance from Florida State University. Rhoden has studied piano with Maurice Hinson, Charles Fugo, Leonard Mastrogiacomo, Carolyn Bridger, Leonidas Lipovetsky, and Karyl Louwenaar Leuck. She currently serves on the MTNA Collegiate Chapter of the Year committee and is on the Indiana Music Teachers Association (IMTA) Board of Directors as chair of the state collegiate chapters. Rhoden was honored with the 2010 Teacher of the Year award from IMTA.